Public relations expert tells court Galloway bungled response to sexual assault scandal
The Globe and Mail · Mike Hager ·
Defence witness says author had reputational advantages, such as support from high-profile literary figures, but failed to carry on his career
Bestselling author Steven Galloway had all the tools needed to rehabilitate his public image and career after the University of British Columbia fired him a decade ago, a public relations expert testified Thursday.
Norman Stowe, managing partner of the public relations firm Pace Group Communications, told B.C. Supreme Court that despite being accused of sexual assault by a former creative writing student, Mr. Galloway could have leveraged several strengths if he had a coherent crisis communications plan in place.
Mr. Stowe was testifying as a defence witness at the trial for the defamation case Mr. Galloway first launched in 2018, which alleges that his lucrative literary career cratered after he faced public accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault in 2015. He is suing the former student with whom he had an affair from 2011 to 2013, whose complaint sparked the firestorm, and three others who repeated her allegations online in the years that followed.
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